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Jetaholic
02-27-2007, 12:28 PM
Since Black History Month is about to come to an end, are there any blues fans out there?
Since I am a musician with a very strong blues background, I would like to take this time to pay recognition and respects to the great blues music that black people have provided us with. For all you rock fans (I myself am one of them), without the blues we would not have rock. Blues are the roots of the majority of the music we hear today...everytime I listen so some of the old rock of the 70s/80s, I notice that a great majority of the rock singers of yesterday developed a lot of their technique from the voice of black people. African Americans were blessed with great voices...I have wanted to learn to sing for years, but it's that soulful black voice that I have wished I could imitate.
And when I mention blues, I refer to the Mississippi Delta style blues...fathered by the likes of Robert Johnson. If any of you have seen the movie Crossroads with Joe Seneca and Ralph Matchio, you all know what I'm talkin' about. For those of you who have never seen the movie, you're missing out.
So to bring the great month of February to an end, AMEN to all of the black forefathers of great blues music!

Wicky
02-27-2007, 12:54 PM
Jetaholic,
http://http://www.bluesimages.com/html/product_html/intro.html
If you haven't looked at this site, Enjoy!!!
If you have, then your stoked!
Wicky

Troubles No More
02-27-2007, 02:35 PM
For those that like the blues or a good concert look for the DVD called
“Lightning In a Bottle: A One Night History of the Blues”
This is a great history lesson with some great performers. I have this DVD and I think it was on cable last week. I give it two thumbs up.
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Full Cast List
Aerosmith as Themselves
James Blood Ulmer as Himself
Ruth Brown as Herself
Natalie Cole as Herself
Bill Cosby as Himself
Chuck D. as Himself
Honeyboy Edwards as Himself
Macy Gray as Herself
John Hammond as Himself
India.Arie as Herself
Larry Johnson as Himself
B.B. King as Himself
Alison Krauss as Herself
Keb' Mo' as Himself
Odetta as Herself
Vernon Reid as Himself
Hubert Sumlin as Himself
Kim Wilson as Himself
Gregg Allman as Himself
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown as Himself
Solomon Burke as Himself
Shemekia Copeland as Herself
Robert Cray as Himself
Dr. John as Himself
John Fogerty as Himself
Buddy Guy as Himself
Levon Helm as Himself
David Johansen as Himself
Angélique Kidjo as Herself
Chris Thomas King as Himself
Lazy Lester as Himself
Mic Nuggette as Himself
Bonnie Raitt as Herself
Mavis Staples as Herself
Jimmie Vaughan as Himself
Martin Scorsese as Himself